13 December 1996

Commons Sitting of 13 December 1996

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Orders of the Day
    1. Knives Bill 26,403 words
    2. Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Bill 9,495 words
    3. Telecommunications (Fraud) Bill 3,318 words
    4. Remaining Private Members' Bills
      1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (GAELIC NAMES) (SCOTLAND) BILL 58 words
      2. HORSERACE TOTALISATOR BOARD BILL [Lords] 18 words
      3. THEFT (AMENDMENT) BILL [Lords] 127 words
      4. NORTHERN IRELAND ARMS DECOMMISSIONING BILL 31 words
      5. EUROPEAN STANDING COMMITTEES 25 words
      6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 54 words
      7. SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE 32 words
    5. Genetically Engineered Food 4,125 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 13 December 1996

  1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Maize 162 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Employment Schemes 204 words
    2. Voluntary-aided Schools 43 words
  3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Westminster Hall (Official Functions) 102 words
  4. TRANSPORT
    1. Road Signs 592 words
    2. Public Transport 56 words
    3. Local Roads and Transport (Capital Allocation) 90 words
    4. Vehicle Inspectorate 63 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Oil Pollution 166 words
    2. Radioactive Waste 64 words
    3. Hillingdon Unitary Development Plan 91 words
    4. Housing Registration 54 words
    5. Challenge Funding 1,003 words
  6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Women 79 words
  7. DEFENCE
    1. Overseas Training Deployments 43 words
    2. Air Training Corps 184 words
    3. Danish Tour Guide (killing) 66 words
    4. Boarding School Allowance 86 words
  8. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Income Support 71 words
    2. War Disablement Pensions 319 words
    3. Maladministration 239 words
    4. Child Support Agency 347 words
  9. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Compensation Awards 143 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Embassies and Consulates (Opening Hours) 289 words
    2. Germany (Departmental Costs) 290 words
  11. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Museum Inventories 127 words
    2. Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 103 words
    3. Christmas Expenditure 69 words
    4. Public Appointments 164 words
    5. Football Trust Grants 182 words
    6. BBC Licence Fee 53 words
    7. Private Finance Initiative 98 words
  12. TREASURY
    1. Taxation and Expenditure 167 words
    2. Income Tax 172 words
    3. Administration Costs 218 words
    4. Housebuilding 297 words
    5. Public Sector 271 words
    6. Correspondence 436 words
  13. WALES
    1. Children in Care 117 words
    2. Local Government Finance 54 words
    3. Small Rural Schemes 239 words
  14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Mineshafts 54 words
    2. Clean Coal Technology 3,071 words
    3. Inward Investment 184 words
    4. Crown Post Office, Dennistoun 189 words
    5. Dounreay 136 words
    6. Oil Pollution 604 words
    7. Nuclear Plants 212 words
    8. Radiological Testing 81 words
  15. HEALTH
    1. Consultants 69 words
    2. NHS Executives 312 words
    3. Energy Efficiency 114 words
    4. Bypass Grafting (Guidelines) 405 words
    5. E. coli Bacterium 123 words
    6. Mental Health 80 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. Lottery Tickets (Sales to Children) 71 words
    2. Sea Lice 30 words
    3. Mr. Brendon Callaghan 77 words
    4. "National Standards on Throughcare" 40 words
    5. Enterprise Companies 429 words
    6. Water and Sewerage Authority Finance 138 words
    7. Student Grants 188 words
    8. Hunterston B and Torness Power Stations 83 words
  17. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Hong Kong and Singapore 256 words
  18. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. New Constituencies (Boundary Maps) 162 words
    2. Asylum Seekers 975 words
    3. Television Licences 415 words
    4. Prisons 205 words
    5. Police Custody (Deaths) 428 words
    6. Police (Suicide Awareness) 94 words
    7. Prison Health Service 78 words
    8. CS Gas 46 words
    9. Prison Staff (Injuries) 564 words
    10. Prisons 136 words
    11. Child Prostitution 161 words
    12. Seat Belts 276 words
    13. Wolds Prison 780 words
    14. Crime (Guns) 670 words
    15. Roisin McAliskey 355 words
    16. Belmarsh Prison Visit 176 words
    17. Football (Police) 270 words